I\'m as much a fan of the early songs as the next diehard and would also appreciate more open-ended jamming, but the boys have got to eat!! The new album will have to be promoted the caca out of and then I\'m sure they will start varying the setlists again - check out past shows around album releases, if you don\'t believe me. With so many original songs now, rotation will be more difficult than it was when Deuce came out.
It does appear that the RR songs are getting a bashing, but as has been suggested, they will be the songs that will be hopefully turning on a huge army of new fans to the band. And after all, if the boys get the break they deserve, they will be expected to play the new stuff in TV shows etc, keeping the jamming to a minimum. Yes, we know they can play anything in their sleep, but the public are fickle - one dodgy performance or show where they don\'t play what is expected, I think we all know what will happen. Yes, they won\'t lose true fans, just the much needed income.
I think we all know that normal service will be resumed - Tim would get bored and can you honestly see Animal being caged?? I thought not. I cannot see any time when they will go down the moe. route of the same sets over a two night run for a couple of years, or worse still be like Maroon 5, who have been playing the same hour long set for 2 years.
Don\'t panic. At least you get the opportunity to see them almost when you like at the moment. When the public at large finally realise what they\'ve been missing, tours will be nation- (and hopefully, world) wide and shows will be less common.